Online giant Amazon is reportedly developing a video game streaming service that wouldnt involve a peripheral and would solely exist on the internet according to reports The video game industry has been steadily changing from a physical disc business into a download-type service with the proliferation of faster online download speeds As the shift continues players might not need pricey consoles to power games and the digital burden would be on data centers This would let gamers use simpler devices The new service which wont be available until next year at the soonest would put Amazon in league with Microsoft Google and Nintendo who all offer streaming services or are working on them Last year Amazon launched a service based in the cloud that allows developers the use of competitions invites giveaways and leaderboards Amazons start of the year has been prosperous and it recently became the largest company in the world On Monday Jan 7 the eCommerce giant passed Microsoft as the largest company by market value according to reports Amazon was worth about 8 billion more than Microsoft on Monday at 799 billion to Microsofts 791 billion With that news Amazon stocks rose about 35 percent on Monday which equals about 1 632 a share Amazon also announced that it wanted to open 3 200 cashierless stores by the year 2021 The company could also be looking to expand into airports A person familiar with the plans told Reuters that the retail giant is in the beginning stages of exploring the idea Think about how you can expose your brand the source told Reuters Youll be able to build broad awareness just being in a dozen of the best airports LATEST INSIGHTS Our data and analytics team has developed a number of creative methodologies and frameworks that measure and benchmark the innovation thats reshaping the payments and commerce ecosystem Check out the latest PYMNTS Digital Drive Report